Friday, May 4, 2012

Modern Technology - Better think About it!

Not all thieves are
stupid.

This gives us something to think about with all our new
electronic technology.

GPSA couple of weeks ago a friend told
me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at
a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to
the football stadium, and specially allotted to football fans.

Things
stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and
a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the
victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just
about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the
GPS to guide them to the house.

They then used the garage remote control
to open the garage door and gain entry to the house.. The thieves knew the
owners were at the football game, so they knew what time the game was
scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out
the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the
house of its contents.

Something to consider if you have a GPS -
don't put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or
gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no
one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

MOBILE
PHONESI never thought of this........

This lady has changed her
habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was
stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card,
wallet... Etc...was stolen.

20 minutes later when she called her
hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says 'I
received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little
while ago .' When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them
all the money was already withdrawn.

The thief had actually used the
stolen cell phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the
pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their
bank account.

Moral of the lesson:

Do not disclose the
relationship between you and the people in your contact list.

And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked
through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.

Also, when you're being
text by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to
confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very
careful about going places to meet 'family and friends' who text
you.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON

I never thought about the
above!As of now, I no longer have 'home, hubby, Mom, Dad, etc...'
listed on my cell phone .